After thoroughly studying the scene he was then dismissed with a safe-conduct to the city.
"Go back to those who sent you," said the Prince.

"Convey to them the information in quest of which you came.

Apprize them of every thing which you have inspected, counted, heard explained.

Tell them further, that the siege will never be abandoned, and that this bridge will be my sepulcher or my pathway into Antwerp." And now the aspect of the scene was indeed portentous.

The chimera had become a very visible bristling reality.